PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae

Barnardius zonarius  

Australian Ringneck (Barnardius zonarius)
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© Vik Dunis 2015
Araluen Botanic Park, WA (Sep, 2015)

A "Twenty-eight Parrot" takes advantage of a bounty of fallen cones beneath pine trees in Araluen Botanic Park.

The bounty, mind you, has been improved by this bird and its friends snipping the fruit off the top of the trees in the first place.

Australian Ringneck (Barnardius zonarius)

"Mallee Ringneck" (barnardi)

Australian Ringneck (Barnardius zonarius)

"Port Lincoln Parrot" (zonarius)

Australian Ringneck (Barnardius zonarius)

"Mallee Ringneck" (barnardi)

Australian Ringneck (Barnardius zonarius)

"Mallee Ringneck" (barnardi)

Australian Ringneck (Barnardius zonarius)

"Mallee Ringneck" (barnardi)

Australian Ringneck (Barnardius zonarius)

"Twenty-eight Parrot" (semitorquatus)

Australian Ringneck (Barnardius zonarius)

"Port Lincoln Parrot" (zonarius)

Australian Ringneck (Barnardius zonarius)

"Twenty-eight Parrot" (semitorquatus)